On July 13, 2011, the United States Women's National Soccer
Team played the National Team of France in the semifinals of the 2011
Women's World Cup. The game featured opportunistic US goal scoring
against a French side that dominated possession for much of the match.
For the full match report, please follow the link below.

On July 10, 2011, the United States Women's National Soccer
Team played the National Team of Brazil in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Women's
World Cup. The game featured a strong defensive performance by Team
USA and a heart stopping finish. For the full match report,
please follow the link below.

The nice folks at
http://crossconference.com/ invited me over for a chat. To hear my
ramblings, which are suspiciously similar to the last match report, have a
listen at the site listed above.

US 1 Sweden 2

On July 6, 2011, the United States Women's National Soccer
Team played the National Team of Sweden in the final match of group play.
Sweden played their best match of the tournament and defeated the US to take
the group. For a complete match report, please follow the link below.

On July 2, 2011, the United States Women's National Soccer
Team played the National Team of Colombia in the second match of group play.
The game featured a dominating performance by the US. For the full
match report, please follow the link below.

On June 28, 2011, the United States Women's National
Soccer Team played the National Team of North Korea in the first match in
group play. The game was a tale of two halves. A slow start
morphed into a well played second half. For the full
match report, please follow the link below.

On May 2, 2010, the Washington Freedom
played St. Louis Athletica. The game was a well played entertaining
match featuring three goals from the home team and yet another goal from the
league's leading scorer. For the complete match report please follow
the link below.

I've set up a league for the new fantasy
game at the league site. I kept it simple and named it Beulah's League
if you want to join! WPS Fantasy
Soccer Game

WPS 2009

On August 15, 2009, the Washington Freedom
played New York/New Jersey Sky Blue in the first ever WPS playoff game.
The game featured end to end action and a goal-filled second half. For
the complete match report, please follow the link below:

On May 25, 2009, the United States Women's
National Soccer Team played the National Team of Canada. The game
featured a strong performance from newcomers, a quick one touch passing
style and a strong offensive performance from the entire team. For the full match report, please follow the link
below.

Brackets, come get your red hot brackets.
I thought I'd put my picks out there for public consumption this year.
Feel free to do the same on the forum/message board. Use the first
link for my picks, the second link for the bracket at the NCAA website and
the third link for some college summaries that I did early in the season.

On September 16, 2008, top players from
the United States National Team player pool were allocated to specific
franchises. Please follow the link below for comments and rankings
based on this initial allocation.

On August 21, 2008, the United States
Women's National Soccer team defeated the National Team of Brazil to win
Olympic gold. Obviously, I finally got my website back up and running
so if you haven't seen the match report on my message board, follow the link
below (it's exactly the same - I'm just reposting it here for those who
didn't want to sort through all the messages on the message board).

On August 9, 2008, the United States
Women's National Soccer Team played the National Team of Japan in the second
game in group play. This performance was a significant improvement
from that in the game against Norway. For the full match report,
please follow the link below.

On July 13 and 16, 2008, the United States
Women's National Soccer Team played the National Team of Brazil in the last
two pre-Olympics matches of 2008. For the match report for the July
13th game, please follow the link below.

On May 3, 2008 the United States Women's
National Soccer team played the National Team of Australia. The game
was a wild and woolly offensive affair decided in the waning seconds of
stoppage time. For the full match report, please follow the link
below.

On September 30, 2007, the United States Women's National
Soccer Team played the National Team of Norway in the third place match of
the 2007 Women's World Cup. The game featured an improved US attack
including goals from Wambach, O'Reilly and Chalupny. For the full
match report, please follow the link below.

On September 27, 2007, the United States Women's National
Soccer Team played the National Team of Brazil in the semifinals of the 2007
Women's World Cup. If you feel you must read even more about this
debacle, please follow the link below.

On September 22, 2007, the United States Women's National
Soccer Team played the National Team of England in the quarterfinals of the
2007 Women's World Cup. The match featured goals from the veterans,
Wambach, Lilly and Boxx, and an improved performance from the entire team.
For the full match report, please follow the link below.

On September 14, 2007, the United States Women's National
Soccer Team played its second group match against the National Team of
Sweden. The match featured a brilliant goal by Abby Wambach and an
improved performance from the entire team. For the full match report,
please follow the link below.

On September 11, 2007, the United States
Women's National Soccer team opened their World Cup against the National
Team of North Korea. The match featured end to end action and a strong
North Korean side. For the full match report, please follow the link
below.

Aaaannnndddd . . . we're back . . . again.
On May 12, 2007, the United States Women's National Soccer Team played the
National Team of Canada. The game featured a strong offensive
performance and an impressive outing from central defender Cat Whitehill.
For the full match report, please follow the link below.

Aaaannnnddddd . . . we're back.
On July 15, 2006, the United States Women's National Soccer Team played the
National Team of Sweden. The game featured a strong performance from
the forward line and a series of crazy goals by both teams in the closing
minutes. For the full match report, please follow the link below.

On October 16, 2005, the United States
Women's National Soccer Team took on the National Team of Australia.
The game featured a strong performance by goalkeeper Hope Solo and a less
than stellar performance by just about everyone else. If you really
feel you must subject yourself to a match report for this one (lousy game,
lousy match report - I can only work with what I'm given), please follow the
link below . . .

On July 10, 2005, the United States
Women's National Soccer Team took on the National Team of the Ukraine.
The game featured a high scoring second half and a milestone goal by an old
favorite. For the full match report, please follow the link below.

On June 26, 2005, the United States
Women's National Soccer Team opened its domestic schedule against the
National Team of Canada. The game featured a tremendous performance
from the US midfield, good ball movement and a poised and confident defense.
For the full match report, please follow the link below.

The United States Women's National Soccer Team defeated the
Japanese National Team to advance to the Olympic Semifinals. The game
featured a change in formation and a strong performance from veteran
Kristine Lilly. For the full match report, please follow the link
below.

The United States Women's National Soccer
Team eked out a two goal win over Brazil in the second group game. The
match featured goals by Mia Hamm and Abby Wambach and solid defensive
performances from Cross Bar and Post. For the full match report,
please follow the link below.

On Saturday, July 3, 2004, the US Women's
National Soccer Team played the National Team of Canada. The game
featured a strong defensive performance by the Canadians and the debut of
the 2004 US Olympic team. For the complete match report, please follow
the link below.

On Sunday, June 6, 2004, the US Women's
National Soccer Team played the National Team of Japan. It was a
strong performance by the Japanese and a lackluster, uninspired performance
by the US. For the complete match report, please follow the link
below.

On Saturday, April 24, 2004, the US Women's
National Soccer Team played the National Team of Brazil. This match
marked the start of a six game series of International friendlies being
played in preparation for the Olympics. The game featured a strong and
composed performance by the entire team with special kudos going to Mia Hamm
and Abby Wambach on offense and Christie Rampone on defense. For the complete match report, please follow the
link below.

The US National Team finished the 2003
Women's World Cup on a high note. The game featured an aggressive
attack by Team USA and goals from both the most and least capped players on
the team. For the complete match report, please follow the link below.

Led by an outstanding performance from the
defense and a dominating performance from Abby Wambach, Team USA defeated
Norway and moved through to the semifinals. For the complete match
report, please follow the link below.

The United States closed group play with a
victory against North Korea. The game saw youngsters shine, veterans
rest and the US maintain its momentum as it rolls into the quarter final
match against Norway. For the complete match report, please follow the
link below.

The United States continued its dominance
of Group A with a 5 goal outburst against Nigeria. The veterans Mia
Hamm and Kristine Lilly again led the way for Team USA. For the
complete match report, please follow the link below.

The United States started the 2003 Women's
World Cup with a bang. Team USA dominated against the highly touted
Swedish National Team with strong performances from its offensive
personality players, a solid defensive effort from the defenders and the
midfield, and some late game heroics in goal. A balanced performance,
a dynamic offensive first half and a game in which the stars played like
stars. For the complete match report, please follow the link below.

On September 7, 2003, the US Women's
National Soccer Team played Mexico in their final match before the 2003
Women's World Cup. It was an outing that saw many chances for the
United States to score, three penalty kicks and the second goal in as many
games for National Team newcomer Shannon Boxx. For a complete match
report, please follow the link below.

On September 1, 2003, the US Women's
National Soccer Team played Costa Rica in one of the final tune-ups before
the Women's World Cup. It was a non-competitive outing and the United
States dominated from the start. For a complete match report, please
follow the link below.

On Sunday, July 13, 2003, the US Women's
National Soccer Team played the National Team of Brazil. This match
marked the last look at the team before the World Cup roster is selected.
The game featured a strong defensive performance from the entire team,
strong goalkeeping and the usual consistently excellent play of some of the
long time veterans. For the complete match report, please follow the
link below.

On Saturday, June 14, 2003, the US Women's National Soccer
Team played the National Team of the Republic of Ireland. The veteran
US players saw limited playing time and the match was used to evaluate
players trying to make the roster for the Women's World Cup. The game
saw strong performances from youngsters and veterans alike. For the
complete match report, please follow the link below.

On February 16 the US Women's National
Soccer Team played a friendly against Iceland. The US broke through
the Iceland bunker in the opening minutes and netted the game winner early.
The game featured a return to form for defender Christie Pearce and a return
to the field for veterans Kristine Lilly, Julie Foudy and Mia Hamm.
For the complete match report, please follow the link below.

Archives

For event and soccer match report archives and information, please see the
links below. Due to the demise of my old laptop, I no longer
have direct access to any reports before April 2002, but attempts to
recover a more complete library of past reports are underway.

Message Board

To talk about the latest match, game or confounding roster decision this is
the place. The topic is women's sports, the forum is largely
unmoderated (spam and profanity and anything else I deem offensive will be
deleted within 24 hours) so this board will be what you make it.
Enjoy.